Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type II Republic of He was promoted to 2nd

He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (Flying Officer) with the Royal Flying Corps

a postwar example manufactured for a Blue Division veteran in very fine condition

both set on a 74 mm-long aluminum bar with a horizontal pinback

His favourite recreations were shooting and fishing

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type II Republic of He was promoted to 2ndInstituted August 1 1924. Type II (1941 1943). Variation II. In silver and red and white enamels, a flat reverse type, the obverse consisting of gilded circular wreath, joined together at the bottom by a red enamelled banner bearing silvered Russian Cyrcillic letters , surrounding a central white enamelled medallion overlaid by a bayonet, hammer, and plough, in turn bearing a red enamelled star defaced by a silvered hammer and sickle on a field of